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Artists›Francesco Albani

Francesco Albani

Italian, 1578–1660

WA-00023227

Bologna, Italy

PaintingBaroque

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Francesco Albani was an Italian Baroque painter active in Rome and Bologna during the seventeenth century. Working in fresco and oil, he specialized in religious narratives and mythological scenes rendered in a classicizing style that emphasized clarity of composition and warm, luminous color. His decorative cycles and altar paintings were widely commissioned by the papal court and aristocratic patrons throughout the Papal States. Albani's approach to figure and landscape established a substantial influence on Baroque painting in northern Italy.

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Artworks (12)

The Loves of Venus and Adonis

1730 · Engraving and etching

sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 9/16 in. (29.5 x 34.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Plate

1725 · Hard-paste porcelain

Diameter: 8 15/16 in. (22.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1657 · Black chalk, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of red chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, laid down

23.2 × 28.5 cm (9 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco

1650 · Pen and brown ink, watercolor, over black chalk or leadpoint

10 7/16 x 28 9/16 in. (26.5 x 72.5 cm), on two glued sheets of paper.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Allegorical Design for a Ceiling Fresco.

1650 · Pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, over black chalk or leadpoint

10 7/16 x 28 9/16 in. (26.5 x 72.5 cm), on two glued sheets of paper.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Holy Family with Two Angels

1609 · Graphite on tan laid paper, squared in graphite, edge mounted on cream wove card

38.9 × 30.4 cm (15 3/8 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis

1600 · Oil on copper

32.2 × 25.7 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Framed: 42.6 × 35.3 × 6.4 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus

1600 · Pen and brown ink

8 1/4 x 11 3/8in. (21 x 28.9cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield

1598 · Black chalk, with touches of pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

24.1 × 17.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris Awarding the Apple to Venus

1578 · red chalk

overall: 24.6 x 25.3 cm (9 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Diana Bathing

1578 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

8 x 6 7/8in. (20.3 x 17.5cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Goddess Inciting a Warrior

1578 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk

13 1/8 x 10 3/8in. (33.3 x 26.4cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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